Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions and water-stable aggregation as affected by cropping and grassland reclamation in an arid sub-alpine soil

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-186

  Li, Xiao Gang ^a   Zhang, Ping Liang ^b   Yin, Ping ^b   Li, Yin Ke ^b   Ma, Qi Fu ^c   Long, Rui Jun ^a   Li, Feng Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate water stability; Carbohydrates; Cropping abandonment; Nitrogen fractions; Particulate organic matter; Perennial grass growing; Soil organic carbon; Sub alpine grasslands

Indexed keywords

CROPPING ABANDONMENT; NITROGEN FRACTIONS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PERENNIAL GRASS GROWING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUB-ALPINE GRASSLANDS;

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); LAKES; NITROGEN; SOILS; STABILITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ARID REGION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 68649091519     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.895     Document Type: Article

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